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ANKYLOSED
Definition of ANKYLOSED
verb
simple past and past participle of ankylose
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From ankylose + -ed.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ANKYLOSED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 16 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 94, 22 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 32, 21 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ANKYLOSED starts with A and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADEKLNOSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start ANKYLO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 32
Could you have found ANKYLOSED?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 32 - and most players walked straight past it.
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